13-letter words containing d, e, g, r, a
- brand manager — the person responsible for the marketing of a particular brand
- branded goods — goods that are identifiable as being the product of a particular manufacturer or marketing company
- bread pudding — a rich cake made with bread soaked in milk, eggs, dried fruit and spices and baked, usually eaten cold
- bread-winning — a person who earns a livelihood, especially one who also supports dependents.
- break dancing — a style of dance engaged in by youths, involving acrobatic movements, spinning about on the head or shoulders, etc.
- break feeding — the feeding of animals on paddocks where feeding space is controlled by the frequent movement of an electric fence
- breechloading — loaded at the breech.
- breeding pair — a male and female animal that produce offspring together
- bridge player — a person who plays the game of bridge
- cadmium green — a pigment used in painting, consisting of a mixture of hydrated oxide of chromium with cadmium sulfide, and characterized by its strong green color and slow drying rate.
- candle grease — the wax which is used in the manufacture of candles
- candlelighter — a person whose task it is to light candles
- cape marigold — any composite plant of the genus Dimorphotheca, having variously colored, daisylike flowers.
- cardiganshire — a former county of W Wales: became part of Dyfed in 1974; reinstated as Ceredigion in 1996
- cardiomegalia — abnormal enlargement of the heart.
- cartridge pen — a pen having a removable ink reservoir that is replaced when empty
- cascade range — a chain of mountains in the US and Canada: a continuation of the Sierra Nevada range from N California through Oregon and Washington to British Columbia. Highest peak: Mount Rainier, 4392 m (14 408 ft)
- casehardening — Present participle of caseharden.
- cedar waxwing — a brownish-gray, crested American waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum), with red, waxlike tips on its secondary wing feathers
- chandernagore — a port in E India, in S West Bengal on the Hooghly River: a former French settlement (1686–1950). Pop: 162 166 (2001)
- chasse gardee — a private hunting preserve.
- cheddar gorge — a pass through the Mendip Hills renowned for its stalactitic caverns and rare limestone flora
- chicago ridge — a town in NE Illinois.
- child rearing — the activity of rearing children
- child-bearing — the act or process of carrying and giving birth to a child
- choreographed — You describe an activity involving several people as choreographed when it is arranged but is intended to appear natural.
- cider vinegar — a type of vinegar produced by the acetification of cider
- cigarette end — the part of a cigarette that is held in the mouth and that remains unsmoked after it is finished
- clear-sighted — If you describe someone as clear-sighted, you admire them because they are able to understand situations well and to make sensible judgments and decisions about them.
- close-grained — (of wood) dense or compact in texture
- coarsegrained — having a coarse texture
- college radio — radio broadcasting from stations affiliated with a college or university, often at a frequency below 92 MHz FM.
- commandeering — Present participle of commandeer.
- company grade — military rank applying to army officers below major, as second and first lieutenants and captains.
- concert grand — a full-size grand piano, usually around 7 feet in length
- concord grape — a variety of grape with purple-black fruit covered with a bluish bloom
- confederating — Present participle of confederate.
- conglomerated — Simple past tense and past participle of conglomerate.
- congratulated — to express pleasure to (a person), as on a happy occasion: They congratulated him on his marriage.
- core handling — Core handling is the way that a core is dealt with to make sure it maintains its properties for testing.
- costardmonger — a costermonger
- coup de grace — A coup de grace is an action or event which finally destroys something, for example an institution, which has been gradually growing weaker.
- covent garden — a district of central London: famous for its former fruit, vegetable, and flower market, now a shopping precinct
- covered wagon — A covered wagon is a wagon that has an arched canvas roof and is pulled by horses. Covered wagons were used by the early American settlers as they travelled across the country.
- credentialing — Usually, credentials. evidence of authority, status, rights, entitlement to privileges, or the like, usually in written form: Only those with the proper credentials are admitted.
- credit agency — an agency that checks whether people are able to pay for goods and services they wish to buy on credit, and provides them with a credit rating
- credit rating — Your credit rating is a judgment of how likely you are to pay money back if you borrow it or buy things on credit.
- crepe bandage — a bandage made of light cotton crepe
- cross-grained — (of timber) having the fibres arranged irregularly or in a direction that deviates from the axis of the piece
- daguerreotype — one of the earliest photographic processes, in which the image was produced on iodine-sensitized silver and developed in mercury vapour